It was dark, and the only two lanterns in the house were in Mrs. Gu's room, and Ye didn't dare to go in to ask for lanterns after walking back and forth at the door of the main house twice, so he had to go out in the dark, simply because of the thickness of the snow, he didn't reach out and couldn't see his fingers.

When it doesn't snow, every family will hang out after dinner, but the snow is so thick that they go to bed early after eating, and the few people who still have lights on are laughing and laughing in the house.

Ye Shi walked along the place where others walked, the snow was not thick, although he was wearing clogs, his shoes were soon wet, and the cold snow water seeped into the shoes, and soon a pair of feet were numb.

The Gu family lives at the head of the village, and the two aunts and nephews explained before going out that they would go around the periphery of Henglang Mountain at the end of the village today.

Ye walked half the village with one foot deep and one foot shallow, only to see two people, one big and one small, coming this way.

Thin and small is naturally the youngest daughter Gu Mingyu, taller but also thin is the sister-in-law Gu Cheng, the two of them are carrying a basket behind their backs and carrying things in their hands, obviously they have a good harvest today.

The three of them quickly converged in one place, Ye Shi covered his little daughter's hands and rubbed them twice, rubbed his sister-in-law's hands again, took the two of them and weighed them for a while, and then asked, "Why did you go for so long today?"

Gu Mingyu had already been numb from the cold, opened her mouth but didn't make any sound, Gu Cheng said in a low voice: "I was lucky today and picked up something good." ”

As soon as she said this, the Ye family stopped asking, and the three of them quickened their pace and quickly returned to the Gu family.

After cooking porridge for Gu Mingzhen before, Ye put hot water in the pot, and now it is just used to wash, hand over the things in his hand, and make a gesture to the two aunts and nephews to go back to the house, and Ye went to the kitchen.

Gu Cheng led Gu Mingyu back to the house, on a snowy day, Gu Mingzhen was injured again, Ye felt sorry for his daughter, and burned the kang despite Li's swearing, Gu Cheng and Gu Mingyu were sneezed by the heat as soon as they entered the house.

After drinking porridge, he didn't dare to try the space for fear of being discovered, Gu Mingzhen, who was lying on the hot kang and was asleep, woke up and got up and looked over.

When Gu Mingyu saw it, she immediately raised her eyebrows, almost screamed excitedly, and threw away the things she was carrying in her hand, and rushed to the side of the kang.

Gu Cheng is older, much more stable than Gu Mingyu, but the joy on his face is also obvious, the aunt and nephew are both lying on the side of the kang, wanting to reach out and touch Gu Mingzhen, but when they think that their hands and feet are cold now, they retract their hands again.

Gu Mingzhen took the initiative to move it in when she saw it, the kang couldn't keep burning, and when the temperature in the house came up, Gu didn't lick the firewood anymore, and now the whole kang is the hottest place where Gu Mingzhen is sleeping.

She called her sister-in-law before she set her eyes on Gu Mingyu.

What the modern sister Gu Mingyu looked like when she was ten years old, Gu Mingzhen can't remember it clearly, but the little girl in front of her is seven points similar to Gu Mingyu in her twenties.

Gu Mingzhen looked at her sister and didn't speak, but Gu Mingyu said happily: "Sister, when did you wake up?"

Gu Mingzhen reached out and touched her head: "I woke up before dinner, it's such a cold day, why don't you wear more when you go out,"

In my memory, this sister is a little introverted, she doesn't talk much in front of people, and even if she speaks, she is soft-spoken.

Speaking of going out, Gu Mingyu had a little more smile on her face, and she began to talk about the harvest of going out today, and before she could say a word, Ye had already walked in with a basin of water.

The eldest daughter's sobriety brought a smile on her face, and she put the basin on the table and beckoned a few people to come and wash up.

Gu Cheng said softly: "Ayu and I just came back, let Azhen wash first!"

"My sister-in-law and sister washed first, and after washing, they quickly went to the kang to warm up. ”

Ye Shi smiled: "Don't push, Ah Zhen is right, you and Ah Yu have been freezing outside for a day, let's wash it first, go to bed to warm up after washing, don't freeze it, I still have boiling water in the pot, you wash me and Ah Zhen and wash it again." ”

Hearing her say this, Gu Cheng no longer pushed, washed his face with Gu Mingyu one after another, poured water into the footbasin, and Ye Shi took the basin to the kitchen again.

Gu Mingyu sat on the stool while soaking her feet, and turned her head to Gu Mingyu and said: "It feels like God's favor for my sister, if you don't die, there will be a blessing in the future, my sister just woke up today, and my sister-in-law and I have gained a lot of things......"

She was halfway through her sentence when she was interrupted by a loud bang.

Different from Ye's cautiousness every time he opened and closed the door, the door was kicked open violently, and it happened that there was a wind outside, and the cold wind poured in with fresh snow air, Gu Mingzhen was wrapped in a quilt, Gu Cheng and Gu Mingyu changed into clean clothes and soaked their feet, so they had a little warmth on their bodies, and they were blown away by the wind, and they couldn't help but shiver.

A tall and straight figure appeared at the door, staggering two steps inside, Gu Mingzhen poked her head out of the quilt and squinted at it, but the two people who were washing their feet had already wiped the water three or two times, and got up to support the visitor!

"Daddy......"

"Big Brother ......"

It was the scumbag father of the original owner, Gu Mingzhen lay back again.

Soon Gu Sui arrived at the side of the kang, and a strong smell of wine instantly enveloped the entire kang, and Ye Shi hurriedly ran over when he heard the movement.

As soon as Gu Sui saw Ye's family, he immediately pushed his youngest daughter and sister away, and he staggered to his feet.

"Rong Niang...... What about the family......'s money? Take them all out...... Useful ...... for husbands"

There was irrepressible joy in his words, and Ye wanted to come up to help him, but he was pushed away: "What's the matter? Aren't you in the county? Why did you come back so late?"

"Hiccup...... I was happy today, so I drank a few more glasses...... Belch...... Rong Niang, the good days for her husband are coming, and the chief examiner of next year's township examination is Brother Chen's brother-in-law, where is the money?

This family has not been divided, all the money from the sale of Ye's daily embroidery products has been handed over to the old woman, and the private money that has been secretly hidden has also been used for Gu Mingzhen's medical treatment this time, how can there be any money.

Seeing that Ye Shi was silent, Gu Sui simply flipped it up by himself.

Although he looks like Bai Jing is a scholar, he has to go to the field to help when he is busy with farming, and his strength is not small, and his subordinates are even less serious when he drinks.

Gu Cheng and Gu Mingyu stood aside and didn't dare to step forward, Ye Shi had the courage to go up and pull it, but they were pushed to the ground by Gu Sui.

Two exclamations sounded, and Ye Shi was helped up by one left and one right, and soon the small room was turned over, and things were turned into a mess, leaving only Gu Mingzhen's sleeping kang that had not been poisoned.

Gu Mingzhen looked at the scumbag father coldly, his broken head was faintly painful by the sound of him turning over things, seeing that the scumbag father finished turning over the last bite of the box, and was about to turn around to lift the kang, but now he couldn't help it anymore, and got out of bed barefoot in the surprised and surprised eyes of several people on the other side, stepped behind the scumbag father in two steps, and raised his foot to kick his ass hard.

Gu Sui was kicked and staggered, grabbed his hands twice, and fell to the ground face down, without moving.

Ye Shi and Gu Cheng looked at Gu Mingzhen with disbelief as if they had seen a ghost, and then Gu Cheng pounced on Gu Sui. Ye Shi took this disbelief and helped Gu Mingzhen back onto the kang, and Gu Mingyu also ran over.

"Ah Zhen, how can you beat your father? ”

Gu Mingzhen didn't bother to pay attention to her, looked at her sister on the side, and saw that she was not only not frightened, but her eyes lit up, and she knew that the scumbag father was usually not very good to this sister, and this little girl was definitely not as weak as she seemed on the surface.

The two sisters made eye contact silently, and when Ye Shi said it, seeing that the eldest daughter didn't react at all, she couldn't help but say angrily: "Gu Mingzhen, did you hear it?"

"What do you hear? What is my mother going to take this time? If my daughter remembers well, my grandfather will give you a dowry, and now there is only a pair of silver bracelets left! Oh, and of course, there is also the jade pendant that my grandmother told you not to lose. ”

The sarcasm in Gu Mingzhen's words was undisguised, Ye was not stupid, she could naturally hear it, she was usually scolded by her mother-in-law and younger siblings, but now she ......

Without waiting for her to speak, Gu Mingzhen said again: "Did you understand what he said just now?" Since the first emperor ascended the throne to rectify the examination style, the chief examiner of the township examination has been directly appointed by His Majesty.

Speaking of this, she paused, and when she saw her sister listening attentively, Ye's expression calmed down, and then she softened her tone and continued: "I broke my head, did my mother ask someone to tell my father?"

Ye nodded and said, "Your father should know about such a big thing." ”

Gu Mingzhen guessed that this was the case, although the Ye family was weak, even her younger siblings dared to speak disrespectfully to her, but she loved her daughter like her life, and she didn't know if she could save her life when she broke her head and bleed, she had no backbone, and she would definitely ask someone to notify Gu Sui.

"But he received the news and didn't come back for three days, just when the snow on the road was too big to travel, but today he came back and didn't ask how his daughter was injured, it doesn't matter, he opened his mouth to ask his mother for money, whether his mother has money in her hand, how much money she has, and he doesn't understand it in his heart for more than ten years?"

Although Ye was surprised that her eldest daughter was suddenly so good at talking, her anger was also dissipated by her daughter's words, and she glanced at her husband who had been helped to the kang and fell asleep on the side, and said hesitantly: "Your father may just drink too much and not be sober." ”

Gu Mingzhen didn't want to say more to her, a weak person like the Ye family couldn't succeed overnight if he wanted to change her: "Then let's wait for my father to wake up tomorrow! This wine makes me have a headache, I'll go back to my room to sleep." ”

The courtyard of the Gu family is concave, with two main rooms and a hall in the innermost, one of which is where Mrs. Gu lives, and the other is divided into two Gu Cheng brothers and sisters, and the wings on both sides are inhabited by Gu Sui and Gu Yi's family respectively.

Gu Mingzhen and Gu Mingyu, two sisters, usually live next door, but the roof was crushed when it snowed a few days ago.

She lifted the quilt and walked out, in fact, she had no intention of leaving at all, if Gu Mingzhen was not injured or sick, Ye might still hesitate, but now that she is an injured person, she will definitely not agree to go back next door.

Sure enough, as soon as her voice fell, Ye, who regarded her daughter as the root of her life, immediately spoke: "No, no, don't toss back and forth if you are still injured, Ah Cheng will help you and help your eldest brother to the next door." ”

Gu Cheng, who had been silent, said softly: "The second brother has not had time to repair the leaky roof next door, sister-in-law, let's let the eldest brother sleep in the third brother's bed." ”

The third child, Gu Huaichang, is the most like his father, and his temper is the same, and he is most liked by Mrs. Gu, Ye helped Gu Sui to hesitate a little and then went to the main room with courage and Gu regret.